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HELP!!! FGLRX causing screen hardlocks

06-20-2007, 12:20 AM

My problem is unique, and no one has been of any help so far. I have tried posting in fedora forum as well as other linux forums. I own a MSI X1800 XT (Model RX1800XT-VT-2D-512E) 512 MB graphics card. Versions upto 8.32.5 of fglrx run without a hitch on it. Versions from 8.33.6 onwards always result in a black screen upon reboot, and the system hangs. I cant even press Ctrl+Alt+F4/F1 etc. to get in to the console. I have tried all versions till the latest 8.37.6. The problem is not unique to fedora alone, as the same problem creeps up even if I use OpenSuse, Ubuntu or any other distro. The problem is newer kernels require newer fglrx versions, and so I am unable to get hardware acceleration in any of the new kernel ( 2.6.19 onwards) based distros.

1. Manually running the .run file, building rpms/debs with the --Fedora/FC6 option and then editing xorg.conf and disabling composite extension to get DRI.
2. Downloading pre-built kernel modules from livna using yum
3. Using apt to download restricted drivers in ubuntu feisty fawn

All drivers from 8.33.6 to 8.37.6 just cause the same problem on restart. The xorg.0.log shows some DRM module error. Please help me.

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It may be that your X Server crashes without restoring your display. It should return to the console even though you can't see it, so try for example "shutdown -r now" or ssh from a different computer. You may also want to try "RSEISUB" (hold alt+sysrq while typing rseisub) if your kernel is compiled with Magic SysRq support (which, as far as I know, doesn't work after a kernel panic).

Even is this is not the case, you'll have to post your whole Xorg.log, and check that syslog like niniendowarrior said.

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here i am attaching part of my xorg log where the error occurs.. its on ubuntu 7.04 with the apt restricted fglrx drivers... and yes i hav tried ssh/telnet/ftp etc.. the computer does not respond at all and the connection times out..

drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address)
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address)
drmOpenDevice: Open failed
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 7, (OK)
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 7, (OK)
drmGetBusid returned ''

please help..

regards,

Karthik

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drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address)
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address)
drmOpenDevice: Open failed
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 7, (OK)
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 7, (OK)
drmGetBusid returned ''

That's not an error, just DRM pooling all ports for a video card (noticed that it says OK?)

I doubt anyone can help you unless you give more info (as before, post or check the logs yourself). Try "grep EE Xorg.log" for errors or WW for warnings (credits to lenrek).